¿tienes dinero?do you have o have you got any money?;¿tienes un bolígrafo?do you have o have you got a pen?;¿tiene usted permiso para esto?do you have o have you got permission for this?;tiene un tío en Venezuelahe has an uncle in Venezuela;he's got an uncle in Venezuela;ahora no tengo tiempoI don't have o I haven't got time now

tenemos clase de inglés a las 11we have an English class at 11;we've got an English class at 11;el lunes tenemos una reuniónwe're having a meeting on Monday;we've got a meeting on Monday;mañana tengo una fiestaI'm going to a party tomorrow

5(parir)to have

va a tener un niñoshe's going to have a baby

6(medir)to be

tener 5cm de anchoto be 5cm wide

7(sentir)to be

tener hambre/sed/calor/fríoto be hungry/thirsty/hot/cold;no tengas tantos celosdon't be so jealous;hemos tenido mucho miedowe have been very frightened;le tengo mucho cariñoI'm very fond of him;he tenido un presentimientoI've had a premonition

8(padecer, sufrir)to have

han tenido un accidentethey have had an accident;hemos tenido muchas dificultadeswe have had a lot of difficulties;Luis tiene la gripeLuis has o has got flu;tengo fiebreI have o I've got a (high) temperature

tiene muchas preocupaciones encima

¿qué tienes?what's the matter with you?;what's wrong with you?

9(sostener)to hold

lo tenía en la mano

tenía el pasaporte en la manohe had his passport in his hand;he was holding his passport in his hand;tenme el vaso un momento, por favorhold my glass for me for a moment, please

¡ten!¡aquí tienes!here you are!

¡cuidado, tiene una pistola!

10(recibir)to have

aún no he tenido cartaI haven't had a letter yet;¿has tenido noticias suyas?have you heard from her?

11(pensar, considerar)

tener a bien hacer algoto see fit to do sth

tener a algn en algo

te tendrán en más estimathey will hold you in higher esteem

tener a algn porto consider sb (to be)

le tengo por poco honradoI consider him (to be) rather dishonest

ten por seguro que ...rest assured that ...

12

tener algo que (+ infin)

tengo trabajo que hacerI have o I've got work to do;no tengo nada que hacerI have o I've got nothing to do;eso no tiene nada que verthat has o that's got nothing to do with it

13(locuciones)

ya saben dónde me tienenyou always know where you can find me

¡ahí lo tienes!there you are!;there you have it!

tener algo de

de bueno no tiene nadathere's nothing good about it

no tiene nada de su madre

no tiene nada de particularit's nothing special;¿qué tiene de malo?what's wrong with that?

tenerlo difícilto find it difficult

creo que lo tiene difícil

tenerlo fácilto have it easy

¿(conque) esas tenemos?so that's the game, is it?;so it's like that, is it?

no las tengo todas conmigo de que lo hagaI'm none too sure that he'll do it;I'm not entirely sure that he'll do it

tener todas las de ganarto hold all the winning cards;look like a winner

tener todas las de perderto be fighting a losing battle;look like losing

quien tuvo retuvosome things stay with you to the grave

auxiliary verb

1

tener que (+ infin)

(indicando obligación)

tener que hacer algo

tengo que comprarloI have to o I've got to buy it;I must buy it;tenemos que marcharnoswe have to o we've got to go;we must be going;tienen que aumentarte el sueldothey have to o they've got to give you a rise;tuvo que devolver todo el dinerohe had to pay all the money back;tiene que ser asíit has to be this way

tenía puesto el sombrerohe had his hat on;nos tenían preparada una sorpresathey had prepared a surprise for us;tenía pensado llamarteI had been thinking of phoning you;te lo tengo dicho muchas vecesI've told you hundreds of times;yo no le tengo vistoI've never set eyes on him

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